1 C1 慣用的 フォーマル
(フォーマル・文学的)相手の感情、弱み、不安を意図的に利用すること。
"The demagogue played upon the crowd's deepest anxieties to win their support."
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"He played upon the credulity of those who were anxious to believe him."
— Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790
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